WORLD OF RADIO #1027, produced March 8, 2000 by Glenn Hauser *Standard disclaimer *New additional time on WBCQ-2, Fri 2130 UT on 9340 USB+carrier; but not good in Morocco *Thursday 2130 on WWCR during March on 15685; Sat 1230 still on 15685 tho something else aired there last week *World Radio Network-1 expands to more of Europe via Sky Digital satellite bouquet on Astra 2A; see http://www.sky.com/digital *Greetings to those attending this year`s SWL Winterfest in PA *Technical info on WJFP, 11 meterband station in Florida *Management shakeup at Pacifica Network after yearlong struggle *Correct time for Nova Scotia Kitchen Party on RCI *Southern Azerbaijani Parliament radio, SAP from Canada; SW later? *XERTA, Mexico reactivated but distorted on 60m *R. Litoral, Honduras, also heard in morning *R. Casino, Costa Rica is on most days, but after sunrise *R. Superior, new Peruvian on 5 MHz band *La Voz del Campesino, Sipe Sipe, Cochabamba, new Bolivian on 3 MHz *Emisora Ciudad de Montevideo, Uruguay on late for carnaval this week *Star Radio, Liberia gets 2-month reprieve from British bridge funding; at disadvantage without SW it still wants back *GBC Ghana getting new SW transmitters from Japan, revive external *Issue 36 of DX Listening Digest has Report from Nairobi by Chris Greenway - https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/Dxldmid.html *Bunia, DR Congo on two frequencies at once *Radio Tele Liberte, new Congo clandestine by Jean Pierre Bemba, in Gbadolite, HQ of rebels sponsored by Uganda; 15 MHz frequency found *Kinshasa confirmed active on 15 MHz too *R. Hargeysa using USB plus carrier and an hour later than reported *Another new Somali station, R. Kismaayo from southern port *But Turkish Meteorological Radio is back on same frequency *Via satellite, internet, MW, FM, cable, this is WOR 1027, P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702 USA; or wghauser@yahoo.com - by fax if really necessary, 1-580-233-2948 attn Hauser. Check our website for latest sked, DX archives, etc.: https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio *Thanks this week for financial support from Jim Wishner *Eritrea using two frequencies, one often jammed by Ethiopia *KBC Kenya cut back SW to Central and Eastern services only, little English or Swahili *Malawi heard on two frequencies simultaneously *R. Tanzania no more English on SW either, but on MW and FM; RTD PRT; Swahili on 5 and 7 MHz *Sudan has changed timezone to GMT plus 3, so English one hour earlier *Catholic evangelical station planned for Tanzania, R. Faraja, on SW? *Wasini Island, 5Z4 ham DXpedition March 9-16 *R. Madagascar operating all night on 5 MHz *March 13 is Commonwealth Day, so special and Queen on BBCWS *Millennium Concert for March on BBCWS is a double from Moscow *BBCWS already posted April schedule on website; less World Today in North American evenings, more feature time *RVI Belgium back on 15 MHz for summer Bonaire relays; other times, see DXLD 00-36 *Switzerland cancelling its best program, Tourism Rendezvous; send objections to English@sri.ch *Where to hear Ukraine best at 0400 in English *V. of Russia and relays of Vietnam make annual move from 5 to 7 MHz; other VOR changes *V. of Shariah, Afghanistan, starting Russian broadcast, but time? *English at unexpected time from R. Sultanate of Oman *R. Pakistan heard in English on lowly antenna in Victoria *R. Pakistan punches up wrong frequency on 9 MHz *R. Tashkent, English at 0100 making it to NAm *CRI relay via Cuba has resumed in our mornings *R. Bougainville, Buka Island, Papua New Guinea, confirmed back on 90m *Site for DXing the Internet http://www.guernsey.net/~sgibbs/www.html *How 49mb SW stations appear above 1600 kHz by IF mixing *New toy claims to communicate on HF, but we hope it is really UHF: http://www.cybiko.com *YLE R. Finland summer sked to N and S America, but when is English? *Propagation outlook from Boulder, March 7; flux peak 220 *That's World of Radio 1027; Glenn Hauser inviting you back next week ###